Thanks, everyone! JAM, things are going okay w/the other issues. Yesterday we had her throat dialated again...the third or fourth time since tx ended as she's still tube feeding. Hopefully she'll be able to begin eating orally again. Psychologically, post treatment, she's a bit different than she was before she got sick. She doesn't seem to want to take charge or be too independent. Doesn't want to make decisions whatsoever. It's odd for me, perhaps because I have no medical training or understanding of psychological/psychiatric issues, to watch someone fight so hard and survive an extremely aggressive tx only to be very blase post tx. In a nutshell, it's an ongoing recovery with many components at issue. Sorry for getting off topic.


Mom's caregvr. DDS failed to dx 01/03. Dx Stg IV SCC 05/03. Induct. chemo, IMRT, 5FU, H, Iressa, Neck disect, radiation. Dad's caregvr. Dx 01/04 Ext. Stg SCLC. Mets to liver/bone 08/04. Died 11/12/04. Mom tongue CA dx 06/13, hemiglossectomy (80% removed) 08/13. Clean margins and nodes, but PNI. 6/15/15: Tongue CA at base of remnant tongue. Declined further tx; hospice.
Died 10/13/15. What a long and difficult journey.